Back in 2011, and again in 2012, I asked whether bilinguals who speak two (or more) languages change their personalities when they change language. In the first post, I gave testimonies from ...

The study of human personality or "character" (from the Greek charaktêr, the mark impressed upon a coin) dates back at least to antiquity. In his Characters, Tyrtamus (371-287 B.C.) — nicknamed ...

PMLA is the journal of the Modern Language Association of America. Since 1884, PMLA has published members' essays judged to be of interest to scholars and teachers of language and literature. Four ...

Many traits of a type A personality lead to success in careers. You speak to people directly and say what you feel. You make decisions easily and work hard to get things done and done right. You work ...